Film2025131 min

The Illusion

Name: The Illusion
Genre: Drama, Comedy, History
Released: 2025
Duration: 131 min
Cast: Toni Servillo, Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Tommaso Ragno, Giulia Andò

Taste attributes: dramacomedyhistoryhistoricalslowfresh & originallinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeAn emotional comedy-drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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Synopsis

1860. Giuseppe Garibaldi began from Quarto the adventure of the Thousand surrounded by the enthusiasm of the young idealists who had come from all regions of Italy, and with his loyal group of officers, among whom a new profile stands out, that of Palermo Colonel Vincenzo Giordano Orsini. Among the many militiamen recruited were two Sicilians, Domenico Tricò, a farmer who had emigrated to the North, and Rosario Spitale, an illusionist. Having landed in Sicily, at Marsala, the Thousand begin fighting with the Bourbon army, whose numerical preponderance is immediately evident. Under these conditions, it appears almost impossible for the general to breach the enemy defense and penetrate Palermo. But when he is almost forced to retreat, Garibaldi devises an ingenious plan.

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